Week 2 ran late with the Monday night doubleheader, but Eric had the week wrapped up after Sunday’s action.
Eric outpaced the field with a 380, thanks to a lineup led by L. Jackson, Goff, Barkley, Kamara, Etienne, Chase, McBride, Aubrey and the Ravens D.
David followed up his strong 2024 season by taking the runner up spot in Week 2, with a 346, thanks to a roster featuring L. Jackson, Maye, Barkley, Hubbard, J. Williams, Chase, and Aubrey.
This is Eric’s first win since Week 9 of 2023, and David‘s first pay day since Week 17 of last season. Congrats to both on their strong Week 2 season.
Honorable mention to Tom (339) and rookie owner Christina (329) on their strong showings in Week 2.
Past League Champs
In 31 seasons, we have had 18 different owners crowned league champion. In 2025, we have eight former league champions playing, including
Andrew (2020),
CraigS (2001),
Dennis (1999/2008)
Kerry (2005),
Major (2016),
RandyH (1998/2017),
yours truly (2012/2021) and
TroyA, who has won the league a record 10 times. (2002/2009/2011/2013-2015/2018/2019/2022/2023).
Alas, our defending champ, Ravi, opted not to play this season.
The Ultimate Bridesmaid:
In addition to the league champions listed above, one owner deserves honorable mention for his amazing consistency, despite never winning it all.
Since joining the league in 2002. Eric has taken 8th once (2004), fifth two times (’05 and ’20), fourth five times (’09, ’10, ’12, ’14, ’23), finished third three times (’11, ’15, ’21) and placed second a record eight times (’02, ’03, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’13, ’16, ’22).
He’s only finished out of the money three times (2017-2019). Pretty impressive. And one of these seasons, I believe he will finally claim the ultimate prize.
The Leaderboard:
This feature will debut in Week 4.
Most Popular Plays:
Here are the five most commonly played players this week:
1. Chase (28) 85%
2. Etienne (19) 58%
3. Broncos (18) 55%
3. L Jackson (18) 55%
4. Ryland (17) 52%
Monday Evening Quarterback:
The average score for this week was 270.
For those of you who were disappointed with your scores this week here are some players who were played by one or fewer owners:
Box A: Mahomes (45), Prescott (45), M. Jones (43), Herbert (38), Love (33), Nix (33), Mayfield (30)
Box B: Wilson (66), Tagovailoa (37), Young (36)
Box C: Taylor (60), Cook (52), Gibbs (42), Achane (37), Irving (28)
Box D: Walker (36), Kamara (27), Montgomery (21), Swift (21)
Box E: Stevenson (40), White (26), Allgeier (25)
Box F:
Box G: Nabers (61), St. Brown (52), Adams (35), Lamb (33), Smith-Njigba (31)
Box H: Jennings (34), Pickens (25), J. Williams (25)
Box I: Ordunze (49), Q, Johnston (33), D. Samuel (22)
Box J: Kraft (38), Ferguson (26), Warren (22)
Box K: Romo (32), McManus (22)
Box L: Patriots (28). Chargers (25)
If you picked the top scorers in every box, 529 points were possible this week.
The Extremes:
Highest Scoring Player: Russell Wilson (66)
The NY Giants signal caller turned back time, throwing for 450 yards and three TDs in a losing cause Sunday. Not a single owner played him.
Lowest Scoring Player: Justin Fields (-1)
The Big Apple’s other starting QB struggled all day, before leaving the contest in the fourth quarter with a concussion. Ouch!
For complete scores and results, see the links below:
Week 2: Results/Tally/Teams
Housekeeping:
Thanks to all the owners who have already paid in. Much appreciated.
We can still add owners for the first three weeks of the season, so if you know someone who might like to join, it’s not too late.
Looking Ahead:
That’s it for Week 2.
Please double check my work and let me know if you see any scoring errors.
Thursday Night Game:
Miami at Buffalo
Good luck to all in Week 3.